What temp to bottle lagers at?

[jacksonbrown]

Should I store my bottles of pils for carbonation at regular cellar temps (70-ish) or lager temps?

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

If fermentation and "lagering" is complete regular room temperature should be fine.

 

[Pommy]

bottles wont carbonate at lager temps, needs to be 3 weeks at 18C+ then store in the fridge is ideal

 

[smarek82]

I too will be bottling a batch of pils in about 6 weeks.

I've been reading that as long as you're done your lagering process carbonating at room temp is fine as long as you use dextrose.

Will I need to add yeast at bottling in order to carbonate in a reasonable amount of time?

I used 2 pkgs of saflager-23 into the primary.

 

[Yooper]

I too will be bottling a batch of pils in about 6 weeks.

I've been reading that as long as you're done your lagering process carbonating at room temp is fine as long as you use dextrose.

Will I need to add yeast at bottling in order to carbonate in a reasonable amount of time?

I used 2 pkgs of saflager-23 into the primary.

No, you probably have plenty of yeast in suspension. Adding 1/3 of a package of dry yeast won't hurt, but isn't necessary unless you lagered for an incredibly long time.

 

[smarek82]

Yooper...After posting my response/question I reviewed the posts and came accross some of your responses, very similar to this one. Thank you!

Does it matter what type of yeast if I decide to use it at bottling time.

For instance. Can I use an ale yeast even though I used lager yeast for fermentation?